The air is too calm over the UK right now. Windmills are not generating electricity. So bring in the coal burning “backup” plants for some real power...
Or freeze in the dark with your windmills. Even the dopey feminist, save the planet, Greenies might snap to it after a good freeze.
Coal. It’s what’s for winter!
But...coal, is a four letter word!
Did I read that correctly? Are daily brownouts going to become normalized in the UK like in a third world country?
Wussies! Green Bay Packer fans watch home football games half nekkid. The Germans should grow a set. Of course booze won’t freeze in the freezer at -10. I’m not judging fans, just saying. 😎
Has anyone else noticed that these Cold Snaps always seem to happen during winter-time?
+1 for humiliation
FWIW, European natural gas prices are now below their levels of a year ago...
The idea that solar and wind generation is capable of replacing fossil fuel generation is a pipe dream, and always has been. The sun sets and clouds obscure it. Wind goes calm. In order to serve the same load after installing solar and wind generators we have to build the exact same fossil fuel generating capacity as we would have needed without solar and wind.
Solar and wind generation represent a doubling of required generating capacity investment.
"The UK’s grid operator asked three coal-fired power units to be ready to generate on Monday as it boosts electricity supplies during a cold snap.
It would be the first time this winter National Grid Plc uses the reserve.
The units are warming up and will be ready to generate electricity early Monday if needed.
Demand is set to surge during a spell of freezing weather in the UK just as wind speeds drop — curbing supply."
" It will also use a new tool that pays homes to reduce consumption between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday, when forecasts show margins will be tighter than normal.
The so-called demand flexibility service was tested during a cold spell in December.
(My Comment) : Remember that "smart meter" your utility company had installed a while ago ?
Some people were incentivized to allow installation, with utility companies offering temporary reduced rates
That unit was installed so the the utility company can moderate your power supply remotely, and adjust your billing rate higher during peak demand (roughly 4:30 P.M.through 6:30 PM)
It seems that these "smart meters" only made the utility companies smarter through remote tracking and power distribution control.
Britain industrialized on coal. A strike in the coal mines meant Britain shut down.